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Why is the top panel covered with laminate, but the sides are painted?

April 26, 2017Covered laminate painted panel

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Why is the top panel covered with laminate, but the sides are painted?

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Paint is cheaper, easier to work with, and more forgiving than laminate. Also, the proper way to cut laminate is with a router and a laminate cutting bit. Since I don’t have one, I am cutting the laminate from the underside with a Dremel cut-off wheel. It would be difficult to use this method on the side panel laminate and not mar the finish of the top panel laminate. With the proper tools, you could cover the sides with laminate as well, but it will add to the cost and not be as easy to build.